Ramesh Singh Parihar v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WPS No. 3982 of 2022; decided 08.05.2026 by Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey (single judge); NAFR. Petitioner: Ramesh Singh Parihar, Professor (Electrical Engineering), Government Engineering College Raipur. Subject: challenge to promotion order dated 28.12.2021 appointing him Principal despite prior application to forgo promotion; State's stand that there is no right to forgo promotion; petition disposed of with liberty to make representation to respondents No.1 & 2 within 30 days, to be considered objectively within 90 days; interim order dated 21.6.2022 continued for 120 days. Keywords: forgo promotion, refusal of promotion, Professor to Principal, technical education department, representation, interim order continuation.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to make a detailed representation before respondents No.1 & 2 within 30 days; respondents No.1 & 2 directed to consider the representation objectively, preferably within a further period of 90 days; interim order granted on 21.6.2022 to remain in force for 120 days. The petition itself was disposed of without deciding the validity of the promotion order dated 28.12.2021.